Elastic webbing



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Patented Sept. 9, 1924.

' UNIT-ED sr Tss JOSEEE C. HEINTZ, OF NEW YORK, Y.

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Application filed February 9, 1920. Serial No. 857,137.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn C. Hnm'rz, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Stapleton, S. 1., city of New York, borough of Richmond, county of Richmond, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Elastic Webbing, .of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to elastic webbing such as is adapted broadly for use in garments or for sleeve supporters, garters, or the like.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a novel construction in which the elastic element is preferably of metal instead of rubber as ordinarily used so" that the life ofthe article is very much prolonged over the life of rubber elastics.

Another object of the invention is to pro- ;ide a coati'n or covering for the elastic element calcu ated to protect the same not only from the elements or other conditions tend-in to cause the deterioration thereof by oxi ation or the like, but also to constitute a positive means to limit the extension of the webbing and hence the over-strain or stretch of the elastic element. With the foregoing and other objectsin view, but without unnecessarily limiting the construction in the precise manners illustrated, a preferred embodiment of the inventionis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar parts are re- 85' ferred' to in the several views by like reference characters, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of the elastic webbing involved in my invention, a portion of the elastic element or ele- 40 ments being exposed from the coating.

Fig. 2 is mainly an edgev'iew of Fig. 1, but with a portion of the covering broken away.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal secion indicating the nature of the device when under maximum extension.-

Referrin now more specificall to the drawings, show my elastic we bing as comprising an elastic element 10 made up of s ring wire with a succession of loops or ben 10*, each bend being bounded by two arm portions 10 overlappin each other. The two arms for each ben or loop 10 constitute extensions of corresponding arms of a pair of loops. or bends along the opposite edge of the elastic member, and with respect to the pair of loops the two arm extensions are disposed remote from each other, while the other two and proximate arms of said pair of 100 s diverge and constitute extensions from t e loops located on opposite sides of the loop first described. This construction assures that the wire elastic element affords ample body or frame for the structure as a whole,and that there is provided a considerable amount of stretch without overtaxing or straining the metal. Each flexible element 10 is covered'with a flexible but non-elastic sheath 11 of tubular form, the same being applied in any suitable manner upon the flexible element either during the manufacture of the flexible structure or later, and is ossessed of a certain definite length wit respect to the amount of stretch desired for the article. w As shown for example in Fig. 3 the sheath '11, shown elongatedi) .is adapted for the stretching of the web ing as a whole about fifty er cent beyond its normal form. During-t is stretching action the loops 10 of the wire frame are contracted somewhat due to the peculiar formation of the arms 10*, butwhen the sheath has been stretched to its maximum, the wire frame portion is not yet overstretched' and hence is adapted to return promptly to its normal position, causing the puckering or gathering of the sheath as indicated at 11 The sheath may be left loose upon the core or body 10, or it may be fastened as by W stitching along parallel rows adjacent to the edges, as indicated at 12.

The construction is well adapted for be. ing assembled parallel as shown in Figure 1, the adjacent ed eportions of adjacent strips being adapte to be connected by any suitable fasteners such as stitches or links 13. These links afiord flexibility for the structure not onl lengthwise but in directions perpendicu ar to its length. loo

I claun: An elastic webbing for garment supporters enol the like, comprising at plurality of oft the elestic elements when they ere exelastic elements, each element consisting of tended adapted to loosely house the elastic l6 a, single strip of resilient Wire hent upon elements and to be drawn into a, number of itself to form a flettension spring having uniform folds corresponding to the mer- 5 marginal loops at each side, the adjacent gimel loops of the elastic elements by conmerginel loops of each element bein setact theeewith when seitl elastic elements cured together, and .a tubular non-elastic are contracted, flexible covering of greater length then that JUSEJPH C, HEINTZQ 

